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Shereza
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Posted - 2008.11.29 16:56:00 -
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While bored and waiting for a response to something in-game I decided to fit out my phobos for a mission and noticed that.
I noticed this just after I thought, "Darn the phobos is pink. Pink's Roden, right? Where are the launchers?"
So what's up with this thing that looks like a launcher hardpoint on a ship that has no launcher hardpoints?
I believe in Zulupark's Q&A thread it was stated that all launcher ships have launcher hardpoints on the model (though for some reason the drake has 16 things that look like they might be hardpoints, not 14) and then there's this ship with a hardpoint on the model but not on the fitting.
Interesting. 
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Sarciss
SniggWaffe
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Posted - 2008.11.29 17:36:00 -
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That's where you put the hamsters in to run the engines.. duh!
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Shereza
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Posted - 2008.11.29 17:38:00 -
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 Originally by: Sarciss
That's where you put the hamsters in to run the engines.. duh!
So what're the holes for? So you can eject their corpses into space when they die so they don't stick up the generator room as well as for easier reloading when you dock?
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Sarciss
SniggWaffe
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Posted - 2008.11.29 17:42:00 -
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Originally by: Shereza
Originally by: Sarciss
That's where you put the hamsters in to run the engines.. duh!
So what're the holes for? So you can eject their corpses into space when they die so they don't stick up the generator room as well as for easier reloading when you dock?
Close, but its throwing the rotting hamster corpses at the ships of your enemies
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Shereza
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Posted - 2008.11.29 17:55:00 -
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Originally by: Sarciss
Close, but its throwing the rotting hamster corpses at the ships of your enemies
The thought of the captain of an amarrian navy battleship looking out a viewport and having a dead hamster splat right in front of his face is priceless.
It reminds me of a Joe Cartoon skit called "The Gift." I'd post a link but it's so horrible (and horribly funny) that it'd derail the thread.
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Artemis Rose
Sileo In Pacis
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Posted - 2008.11.29 18:25:00 -
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Originally by: Shereza
Originally by: Sarciss
That's where you put the hamsters in to run the engines.. duh!
So what're the holes for? So you can eject their corpses into space when they die so they don't stick up the generator room as well as for easier reloading when you dock?
Holes were placed in reduce mass, thereby increasing agility
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Supernova Security Systems
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Posted - 2008.11.29 19:46:00 -
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The answer is that the phobos model & skin is actually very, very old.
Its been in the DB for as long as I've been in game, I think, certainly for 3+ years - and the same is true for the other HIC models.
My guess is, when they decided to make Heavy Interdictors they just went with the assets that were at least partially done - Premium models were lacking obviously - and just never bothered to have them modded to the ship's real setup.
This happens relatively often - as far as I know, CCP never changed a model to make it "fit" with a new weapon setup; you can spot a fair few of these if you look closely enough. For example, the classic skin for the harbinger still has the marking for the 8th turret that got removed while it was on SISI.
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